Uzbek-US cooperation to serve as a shield against Afghan drug trafficking

February 20, 2012, 11:51 UTC+3Close and fruitful cooperation between Uzbek and U.S. law enforcement agencies is “a reliable shield against drug trafficking from Afghanistan”

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TASHKENT, February 20 (Itar-Tass) — Close and fruitful cooperation between Uzbek and U.S. law enforcement agencies is “a reliable shield against drug trafficking from Afghanistan”, Uzbek officials said after a meeting with the U.S. delegation at Uzbekistan’s Interior Ministry on Monday.

The delegation included Mark Destito, Regional Director of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and Christopher Melink, the DEA Country Attache at the U.S. Embassy.

According to the local media, the Uzbek side called for strengthening interaction, as the problem of drug trafficking “poses a real threat practically to all countries irrespective of their political and social status.”